The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-19
A TROTTING CIRCUIT.
Convention ct Agricultural Snci~tI-s in
EIkton on Tuesday.

in the rooms of the Cecil County Aga
cultural : ciety for the purpose OF or
CANNING trotting circuit. The meeting
was called To order shortly after clever
O'clock by G.. VI Ellis, vice president o
| the Cecil society. Mr. ID. +. Barnard
secretary of the Dover assocl alton, was
made chairman which position he filled
in very creditable manner. Mr. Noble
| l.. Mitchell, OF the Hartford society, was
appointed secretary. The following is a
list of the deleg ttes in Attendance
Cecil county society-Adam r. Ma.
graw, Ex-Sherrh Morris Dunbar, Dr.. c.
VI. Ellis. Henry ). C,ud"n, VIM. II. May.
State Senator C!Iut.'n Mccullough
States Attorney Damned Bratton, VIM. II
| Arnstrur and } phn Gi,pn.
Talbot county, Md Snciety-Col &c.
Golisbor"u4 ii, Gel. Robert ). Hpugh Id
NJ. N. HIg .ins.
Dover. Del society d. p. Barnard,
,jr , joan b Wharton aud Edmuua
Bailey
Kent county, Md. Society-Wm. b.
Stephens. William Penn Norris, samuel
Va mort Joseph II. Messenger and VIM
J. Vannort.
Har,ord county, Md, socisty-S. Crit
tith DAVIS J. Paca Mitchell and Noble
l.. Mitchell.
Oxford, Pa, society-H. II. Day
ckinck.
Senator Mccullough and DR.. Ellis
stated tue reasons why the hone ASSOC
citation called the meeting. The object
of forming circuit was In procure .
| better class of horses to enter the races
OF the different societies. The Cecil So
ciety was disappointed last year by the
| small number OF entries in some OF the
! classes. 1t was owing to fair coming
| between the Elstou aud Elktou fairs,
| which did not offer as large premiums or
have as fast rae IS as the others and some
OF the horses left the peninsula. 1t was
desirable to have uniformity of pun Srs al
the different fairs i'll order To get horse
men to bring horses on the proposed CIR
cult and keep them Jhei 9 until all the
fairs were over. DR.. Ellis at the couclu
sion of his remarks moved ,Eat each dele
cation name one of committee to devise
scheme for the form alton of circuit,
which was carried.
Cecil named VIM. II. May: Talbot Col.
Ro bert Hough Kent, VIM. J. Ednnort ::
Hartford, Noble l. Mitchell; Dover, John
B. Wharton; Oxford, III. IL. DuyckIuck.
Daring the absence OF the committee va
rlous matters OF interest were discussed
Mr.. NJrrls of Kent county, preached the
subject of amusementS. The managers
Of the WOrten tdir had been hauled be
fore the grand jury for allowing a wheel
OF fortune on the far grounds. Mr.. Bar.
nard. of Dover, said in Delaware they
could not have anything of the klud
spoken OF without all getting lutD trnu-
bic aud there was whipping post in Del
aware. States Attorney Rratton when
asked his opinion about the matter said
that he thought posl selling was not in
violation of Mary "a Id law but the wheel
of fortune was. Inc Cecil delegates said
that amuSemeuts aside from horse racing
had not paid here with the exception of
tourname 1t and an OK race, The adyisi
billJy of giving exhibitors tickets at re
duced rates was discussed. IL was stated
that Mt. Holly fair the most successful
in this section of the country did not be
gin to make money until they did away
with this system. at Mt. Holly fair al,
exhibitor is not charged ANYTHING for the
privilege but has to buy his ticket of ad
mission the same as other people IL was
intimated that the adoption of this sys-
TEN in Cecil was contemplated. Secre
tary Barnard sad at Dover charge was
made tor the use OF the stalls. Atten
dauts OF cattle were also charged 81.
After being absent for some time tn.
committee returned and reported that,
owing to the tact that the WJrten o.
Kent society and Talbot society had St
lected the same dates for their tall fair
they had been unable to arrive at a salts
factory conclusion. A Talbot delegate
wanted To know something about the ua
ture OF the Kent county lair. How it was
conducted aud by whom. The answer
was rather indefinite. But the reply was
to the effect that 1t was stock Org lniHa
ton conducted by farmers club. The
presiding officer stated that it would be
impossible tor both I tlbot aud Kent to
go INTO the circuit il they had their meet
ings n the same dates. Mr. Mitchell OF
Hartford we'd t lat the convention de
cIue the question of which society should
enter the circuit, DIR. klnS substituted
this with motion that the delegates of
the two associations retire and see if they
could not satisfactorily arrange the mat
ter.
Mr.. Higgins of Talbot said while he
did not ask That Kent be excluded, he
wolld ask that Talbot be in the circuit
the state fair would be held i'll Taboo
this year. The state association had fixed
the date. Mr.. Naunort OF Kent, said that
the state Or PimlIco fair wasn't in this
concern; that Kent was the oldest society
on the EASTERN Shore, and possibly
in Mary land. and didn't propose to play
second fiddle to PIlmico; Kent wanted to
"a,
Mr.. Higgins objected to the societies be
ing considered farmers associations "a
lone. Talbot's represented Industrial as
well as farmers interest. DIR. Ellis with
drew his motion as he saw from the dis
cussion that 1t was impossible to recon
Gle the interests of the two associations
MIR. Mitchell $ motion was taken up
The Kant aud Talbot delega retired
The associations We're lotth TO shut either
OF the associations out whose interests
coutlieted; The decision was in favor Of
Talbot rem aiming by a unanimous vote.
When the Talbot aud Kent delegates re
turned they were again asked If they had
reconciled their differences. and it being
found that tins had not been done the
decision was announced The Kent Gel
egates We're asked to remain in the room
during the rest of the meeting. They
however, declined with thanks, and with.
drew. Colonel Guldsborough, as pres.
dent of the Talbot association, thanked
the other delegates for their action in the
matter. y telegram was received from
Postmaster Frank Brown of b ,ltimore.
president of the Pimlico society, which
read as follows, We do not want to
force our ASS pciation upon your circuit
Int have no objections 10 ,ininu If all
want u.s. This was i'll answer to a com
munication from Colonel Hough. On
motion of DR.. c. VI. Ellis, Plmllco was
invited to Join the circuit.
The committee which had retired.
again returned and reported as follows;
This circuit shall be known as the Mary
land and Delaware Circuit and shall com
prise the following associations, Pimlicu
Eistou. Dover, E!kton and Bel Air.
Each circuit shall give eight trutting and
Two pacing Races during their fans of the
foil pwing classes and minimum purses,
2.l9 class. purse, $500; > "A class. purse
$500; % class, purse, 500; 2.3i class
purse, $500: , 10 class, purse, $500: . 30
class, purse, $3.50; s min, class, purse
$3.50; end the following pacing races , ~
class, $500, free for all 500. Any mem
Der of the circuit can have the privilege
of adding special races. The committee
recommends board of stewards, one
from each society, to prepare the details
OF TINS arrangement. The report was un-
anlmeuSlv adop.ed. The secretaries Of
the various societies were appointed a
committee of stewards, or governors. Ga
motion each circuit becomes or continues
its membership i'll the National Trnttlng